Vocab List for Letter 20, Chapter 6

acer, acris, acre

sharp, keen

adhuc

hither, to this place, up until this point

ago, agere, egi, actum

I do, I drive

aio, aiere, ait

say, affirm

ater, atra, atrum

black

attonitus, attonita, attonitum

dumbfounded

desum, deesse, defui, defuturus

to be lacking

detineo, detinēre, detinui, dentum

I hold back, detain

formido, formidinis (f.)

fear

gradus, gradus (m.)

step

horreo, horrēre, horrui

I shudder, I bristle

lapis, lapidis (m.)

stone

liberi, liberorum (m.pl.)

children

memini, meminisse

I remember

morior, mori, mortuus

I die

moror, morari, moratus

I delay

mundus, mundi (m.)

universe, world

ne…quidem

not at all

nuntio

I announce, I declare

operio, operire, operui, opertum

I cover

otium, otii (n.)

leisure

parens, parentis (m/f)

parent

patior, pati, passus

I suffer, I experience

paulus, paula, paulum

little, small

pereo, perire, perivi/ii, peritum

I die, I perish

posco, poscere, poposci

I ask for

precor, precari, precatus sum

I pray, I beg for

premo, premere, pressi, pressum

I press

qualis, quale

what kind, what sort

quamquam

although

quasi

AS IF!

quia

because

quiesco, quiescere, quievi, quietum

I rest

quisquis, quicquid

whoever, whatever

reliquus, reliqua, reliquum

left behind

respicio, respicere, respexi, respectum

I look back, I regard

rumpo, rumpere, rupi, ruptum

I break through

rursus (adv.)

back, again

somnus, somni (m.)

sleep

spatium, spati (n.)

space

surgo, surgere, surrexi, surrecturus

I rise

tectum, tecti (n.)

roof

tenebrae, tenebrarum (f.pl.)

dark

tergum, tergi (n.)

back

tollo, tollere, sustuli, sublatum

I lift up, I take away

ullus, ulla, ullum

any

verto, vetero, verti, versum

I turn

vestigium, vestigii (n.)

footsteps, track